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ao - world, dawn, cloud

Ao (i). 1. n. Daytime, as opposed to night. Ka wehea te po, ka wehea te ao (T. 93).

2. World. Tena koe, e te wahine rangatira e iri iho nei, tutuki ana tou mana ki nga pito o te ao.

3. Cloud. E rere, e te ao, ko koe hei karere (M. 384). Āo rewa, scud.

4. Bud. I hea koe i te ao o te kowhai? (P.). ‖ Tah. ao.

5. v.i. Dawn. Ao kau ano te ata (T. 66). I te aonga ake, or simply ao ake, on the following day. Moe rawa atu i Te Kaharoa-a-Tauhu, ao ake kei Maketu (T. 100).

6. a. Bright. He whetu ao tenei ka tata mai (M. 283).

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Ao (ii), v.t. 1. Scoop up with both hands. Aohia nga paru ki te kete.

2. Take in quantities. Me te kai aowhia te roimata i a au (M. 352). Ao taro, collect and carry gravel fortarocultivation. Kei te ao taro a Hori ma.

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Ao (iii), v.i. Be right, be fitting. E ao kao hoki ianei te mea i rite ki te ika, ta te mea no te wai ano tenei (T. 155). Tona rakau toa, he kurutai, me ao atu tera ki te reinga.

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Ao (iv). 1. n. Bark of a dog.

2. v.i. Bark. No te moimoitanga ka ao mai a Irawaru (W. ii, 79).

whakaao, v.i. Bark, as a dog. Katahi ka whakaao mai, ao, ao, ao, a-aoo (T. 27).

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E mōhio ana ia he porotaka te ao.
He knows that the earth is round.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Horoi ai au i aku niho i te ao, i te pō.
I habitually brush my teeth day and night.
Habitual action - ai

Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
Belonging to the past - nō

Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā Pāpā tātou e taraiwa atu ki Te Ao Hou.
Pāpā will drive us to New World.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Kaua e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata i te ao, i te pō!
Don't watch television day and night!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

E ao haere ana te pō.
The night is becoming day.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana

He kainga whakamutunga ka wehe ai i te ao.
A last meal before leaving the mortal world.

Nō tērā tau i tū ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney

Whiti ora ki te whai ao
Cross over to life in the changing world

ki te ao mārama.
in the world of light and understanding.

Ka puta mai te Ao Mārama.
The world of light came forth.

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

He pukumahi au i te ao, i te pō!
I'm busy night and day!

Kia noho te ao i runga i te rangimārie.
Let the world abide in peace

Ko tētehi mea nui o te ao Māori, ko te whakawhanaungatanga.
One important aspect of Māoridom is relationships.

Taihoa, kātahi anō tātou kia mahi i Mana Whenua, Mana Ao Tūroa, Mana Tangata, Mana Reo
Ehara te aromatawai i te whainga nui. Engari kē, mā te aromatawai koutou e kōrero ai. The assessment isn't the destination. The assessment is the reason to speak.

I tīmata te ao i te moenga o Papa i a Tangaroa.
The world began with the union of Papa, the earth mother, with the sea, Tangaroa.

ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, eu, ia, ie, io, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ua, ue, ui
Most of these vowel-pairs are spoken as two syllables, each vowel being pronounced as a single syllable, thus: i-a, i-e, u-i and so on.

ae, ai, ao, au, ei, eu, oi, ou, ue, ui
Thus, the word haere, for instance, consists of only two syllables: hae-re.

Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.

Ao ake anō te rā kua whakatika a Taranga, kua ngaro whakarere i te whare.
As soon as it was day Taranga had arisen and was quickly gone from the house.

Ki ngā ao o te rangi
To the clouds in the heavens

Kei te tino mōhiotia te reo o Kiri Te Kanawa, puta noa i te ao.
Kiri Te Kanawa’s voice is known throughout the world.

He tuatahi i te ao tēnei āheinga a te kiritaki o Countdown ki te tīpako i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko, he mihi, he poroāki hoki ka rangona.
It's a world-first for Countdown customers to be able to have te reo Māori as a language option at self-service checkouts, with an audio greeting and farewell already established.

Ko te rāngai hauora Māori e kimi āwhina atu ana i te rāngai pāpāho Māori me ngā mātanga reo Māori ki te whakakaha ake i te whakamahinga o te reo Māori i te ao hauora.
The Māori health sector, Māori media and Māori language experts want to increase the use of the Māori language in health.

Engari hei tāna, "i roto i ngā tau ka huri ake ki muri, kaare anō kia āta whakaritea mai tētahi rautaki e ngātahi atu ai te pounga waihoe o te reo Māori ki roto i te ao hauora".
But he said over the past few years, there has been a lack of preparation and plan for te reo Maōri use in the health sector.

E tūmanako ana a Brosnan, ka mātāmua ake te reo i ngā whakatakotoranga mahere anamata o ngā rāngai maha, mai i te ao pāpāho ki te hauora.
Brosnan hoped the language could take precedence in future planning within different sectors from broadcasting to health.

ao ake te rā
next day

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